Highland County Court, Ohio Filing Fees and Waivers

CRITICAL

Applies to

Public record copy

Fees for copies requested in person or by telephone must be paid in advance, at the per-page costs set in the Court's Fee Schedule.

(4) Requests are accepted in person or by telephone. All fees for copies of requests must be paid in advance. Costs per page are set in the Court's Fee Schedule

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Applies to

Mailed public record request

Fees for mailed public-record requests must be paid in advance.

(2) Mailed requests are accepted by the court. All fees for mailed requests must be paid in advance.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil jury demand

If a civil case is settled or dismissed before trial but all jurors cannot be notified, the party who requested the jury must pay the fees of jurors who report on the trial date.

In the event a civil case is settled or dismissed prior to trial and it is not possible to notify all jurors of such cancellation, the requesting party shall bear the cost of juror fees for those jurors who report on the day of trial.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Small claim transfer

The required filing costs must be paid before a small claim can be transferred to the regular docket.

Upon filing of motion and affidavit, as required by Ohio Revised Code Section 1925.10, and upon payment of the required cost, the small claim will be transferred to the regular docket. No transfer will be granted until the filing costs are paid.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil case filing

Civil filing costs, deposits, and fees must be paid to the clerk when filing, unless the Court orders otherwise; otherwise, the clerk must not accept the action or proceeding for filing.

All costs, deposits, and fees shall be paid to the clerk at the time of filing, unless otherwise ordered by the court. No action or proceeding shall be accepted for filing by the clerk unless the costs, security deposit, and filing fees are paid to the clerk in accordance with the Court's schedule of costs, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Praecipe for writ of restitution

A plaintiff seeking a writ of restitution may file a praecipe, which must include the deposit required by the Court Costs Schedule.

If the court orders the defendant to vacate the premises, the plaintiff may file a praecipe requesting a writ of restitution. The praecipe shall be accompanied by a deposit in accordance with the Court Costs Schedule.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Garnishment papers

Garnishment papers must be accompanied by the fee provided for the garnishee by R.C. 2716.12.

They will be accompanied by the proof of service of the demand required by R.C. 2716.04, and by the garnishee's fee provided by R.C. 2716.12.

CRITICAL

A party claiming indigence must seek waiver of costs, fees, and deposits by motion with a properly attested affidavit of indigence; the Court will rule on the motion.

In the event that a party claims to be indigent, the party shall file a motion to waive the costs, fees, and deposits, along with a properly attested affidavit of indigence. The Court will then rule on the motion.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Public record request

(6) All fees must be paid in advance as set forth on the court's costs schedule and made in the form of cash, check, or money order.

(6) All fees must be paid in advance as set forth on the court's costs schedule and made in the form of cash, check, or money order.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Special extraction request

Costs associated with a requested special extraction must be paid in advance.

(4) Special extraction requests will be attempted where reasonable and requested. All costs associated therewith must be paid in advance.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil action

Filing fees are required when a civil action is filed.

(A) All filing fees shall be required at the time of filing of any civil action in this Court.

CRITICAL

Fee

50 $

Applies to

Set out

The plaintiff is responsible for additional Bailiff costs of $50 per hour if more time is needed.

If additional time is needed, Plaintiff will be responsible for additional Bailiff costs at $50.00 per hour.

CRITICAL

Fee

$2

Applies to

Faxed public record request

A fee of $2.00 per page must be paid in advance for faxed public-record requests.

(3) Faxed requests are accepted by the court. Fax requests are limited to a maximum of ten (10) pages per request. A fee of two-dollars ($2.00) per page faxed must be paid in advance.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Public record request

Applicable postage and long-distance telephone charges for public-record requests must be paid in advance.

(3) The court will assess postage and long distance telephone charges for all requests where applicable, and the charges must be paid in advance.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil jury demand

The jury deposit is due when the jury demand is filed and is applied to costs taxed to the depositing party or otherwise refunded at the conclusion of the case.

The jury deposit must be paid with the filing of the jury demand. Said sum shall be applied to the costs of the case in the event that costs are taxed to the party posting such deposit upon disposition of the case. Otherwise, the deposit shall be refunded to the party posting it at the conclusion of the case.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Request for set out

If tenants have not vacated, the plaintiff must file for and purchase a Request for Set-Out at the clerk’s office.

If tenants have not vacated the premises, Plaintiff must file for and purchase a Request for Set-Out at the clerk's office.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil jury demand

A civil jury demand must comply with Civil Rule 38 and include the fee-schedule deposit securing the first day’s jury cost.

A demand for a civil jury trial shall be made as required by Civil Rule 38 and shall be accompanied by a deposit in an amount as set forth in the Court's fee schedule as security for the first day jury cost.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Fax document requiring filing fee

The clerk will not accept a fax document requiring a filing fee until costs and fees are paid in full; civil, criminal, and traffic fax fees may be paid by cash, check, or money order.

(9) No document filed by facsimile that requires a filing fee shall be accepted by the clerk for filing until court costs and fees have been paid in full. Civil fax fees may be paid by cash, check or money order. Criminal and traffic fax fees may be paid by cash, check, money order.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Writ and set out

If the Bailiff cancels a set-out for a stated reason, the writ and set-out fees are not refunded and the landlord must restart the red-tag process and pay required costs.

If the Set-Out is cancelled by the Bailiff for any of the above reasons, there will be no refund of the writ fee or the set-out fee. The Landlord must start the red-tag procedure again and pay all required costs.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Fax document requiring prepaid filing fee

A fax document requiring a prepaid filing fee may be filed only if the fee is resolved through the clerk’s office before fax filing, by credit card or another financial means.

a. Any document filed by facsimile that requires a pre-paid filing fee, unless paid by credit card or other financial means resolved through the clerk's office prior to facsimile filing.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript

Unless an exception in the rule applies, a transcript requester must deposit the reporter's estimated transcript cost before the reporter begins preparing it.

Except as otherwise provided in this rule, the person requesting the transcript shall deposit with the Court Reporter the estimated cost of the written transcript as determined by the Court Reporter. The requesting person shall make such deposit before the Court Reporter shall begin making a written transcript.

WARNING

Applies to

Court costs

If Court costs exceed the fee, the Clerk must invoice the appropriate party for the additional costs.

If Court costs exceed the fee, the Clerk shall invoice the appropriate party for additional costs.

WARNING

Applies to

Court costs

Court costs are set by the cited Ohio Revised Code provisions or by the Court, and the clerk must publish and make a separate cost schedule available on the Court's website.

Costs charged in all cases in this Court are as set forth in the Ohio Revised Code in Section 1907. and 2303., and/or as set by the Court. A separate cost schedule shall be published by the clerk and shall be further made available on the Court's website.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

Transcript compensation requested by a prosecutor or indigent criminal defendant is taxed as case costs, with a credit or deposit refund depending on who is assessed costs.

The compensation for transcripts requested by the prosecuting attorney or an indigent defendant in criminal cases shall be taxed as costs in the case. If, upon final judgment, the costs or any part of the costs are adjudged against a defendant in a criminal case, the defendant shall be allowed credit on the cost bill of the amount paid for the transcript the defendant ordered and, if the costs are finally adjudged against the state, the defendant shall have the defendant's deposit, if any, refunded.

WARNING

Applies to

Civil case deposit

A remaining deposit of $10.01 or more is refunded as allowed by law.

Any deposit remaining on a case of $10.01 or more shall be refunded as allowed by law.

WARNING

Applies to

Public record request

The requesting party bears the cost of another requested response medium if it can reasonably be duplicated as part of the Court's normal operations.

(5) Any other medium requested will be at the cost of the requesting party provided it can be reasonably duplicated as an integral part of the normal operations of the court.

WARNING

Applies to

Transcript

The Court sets reporters' transcript compensation; additional copies of the same transcript are provided at cost or electronically free of charge.

The compensation of reporters for making written transcripts shall be fixed by the Court. If more than one transcript of the same testimony or proceeding is ordered, the reporter shall make copies of the transcript at cost pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code or shall provide an electronic copy of the transcript free of charge.

WARNING

Applies to

Civil case deposit

After final costs are assessed, a remaining civil-case deposit greater than $0.00 but less than $10.01 is taxed to the case as an additional local cost.

(C) In order to simplify the refund process and reduce the burden on the Clerk, any deposit remaining on a civil case in excess of $0.00 but less than $10.01 after final costs in the case have been assessed shall be taxed to the case as additional local cost.

WARNING

For every recorded case, the fee set by the court's costs order is collected as a case cost.

In every case recorded, the fee provided by the court order pertaining to costs in Chillicothe Municipal Court shall be collected as other costs in the case.

WARNING

Applies to

Filing fee

Received filing fees are applied to case costs or general Court costs unless the Court directs otherwise.

(B) All filing fees received shall be applied to costs associated with the case, or to general Court costs unless otherwise directed by the Court.

INFO

The Court may allow public access to certain records during normal business hours for inquiries, without a fee for those limited purposes.

(1) The Highland County Court may allow public access to certain public records during normal business hours for public record inquiries. No fee is required for these limited purposes.